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From: carlos@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Carlos Borges)
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Subject: Re: When were tanks last used?
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Date: 20 Nov 90 02:23:55 GMT
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From: carlos@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Carlos Borges)
packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
>When was the last time a tank, anywhere in the world, fired
>its gun for real, i.e. =not= in manuevers or for testing?

I'm sure the Iraqi tanks that stormed Kuwait fired their guns _for real_.
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